Cameron update...

Cam is 9 weeks old and growing so fast now! His hair is growing in at the top of his head, so we don't have to do the comb up anymore :). He has such long eye lashes, I am a little jealous! He discovered his tongue and sticks it out a lot and chews on it. Cameron is constantly moving and HATES to sit still, he know when you are holding him sitting down and he wants you to stand up and hold him...picky picky! He difinitely wears the pants in this family!

A few of his favorite things are #1 his changing table...he LOVES to be on his changing table (as you can tell in these pictures). He smiles and laughes and kicks his legs all around. It is his favorite place in the whole house. #2 He enjoys spending time in his crib and loves his mobile. This is his second favorite place to be. He smiles and moves all around as the music goes and the animals twirl around #3 Cam can stare at the celing fan going around and around and not get bored. It must hypnotize him or something. #4 He tries to talk to mommy when I talk to him. He smiles and struggles to repeat what I am saying. #5 he loves to suck on his hands and has even found his thumb a few times...too cute. #6 I don't know if he loves to throw up, but he sure is good at it! Poor lil' fella keeps doing what he is good at...several times a day :(

WE LOVE YOU CAMERON!

2 month check up

This was not a fun day for Cameron. He had no idea what was going to happen to him today! The saddest thing is he was so happy...he was smiling, cooing, and laughing when the Dr. and nurse were checking him! Even though he is still throwing up he gained 4 pounds! So he weighs 11 lbs 11 oz now (50%), he is 22 inches (20%) and his head is 39.5 cm (40%). So overall he is growing which is great news. I can't believe my little boy is getting so big.
needless to say his happy, carefree mood quickly changed when the nurse stuck him in the thighs with 3 shots :( He cried, and I wanted to cry. Luckily once I picked him up I was able to comfort him and he stopped crying.

Last time we were at the Dr. he peed on the table, this time he threw up on himself, me, and the carpet! I was holding him when they gave him some medicine (vacine stuff) and he gagged, dry heaved and then un-loaded several times. I'm pretty sure they hate it when we come...the whole room needs to be cleaned. I told him we would stop and get a treat since he was so brave, it was a traumatic experience for both of us. We got a cookie from Over The Top Gourmet Cookies. He picked a chocolate, chocolate chip, and andes mint cookie with mint icing. We had a Diet Coke to wash it down and life was good again! Cameron slept on the ride home and tried his hardest to tough out the pain. But he just didn't feel good and was fussy for several hours so I went and got him some Children's Tylenol drops. Hopefully he will be able to sleep tonight and feel better tomorrow.

Cameron & church....

Apparently Cameron doesn't like church...he decided to share his true feelings about us taking him today.

During the middle of singing a song, I looked over at Cameron to see this! Needless to said it was pretty difficult to be reverent the rest of church...I couldn't stop laughing.

Is it wrong to think this is funny....in church? Is it wrong to take pictures during the sacrament...of my son flipping the bird? Is it wrong to think that our sweet and innocent son actually knew what he was doing? I like to think that he has a sense of humor and knew this would make his mom laugh :)

Friday the 13th??

I had to double check the date on Friday to make sure it wasn't the 13th. It turns out it was just a terrible, horrible, rotten, no good, very bad day! The day started off good, Cameron had slept for a 6 hour stretch and it was a beautiful day to go on a walk. We decided to head a different way on Jordan Parkway trail for different scenery. Well, we encountered a big snake! it was right in the middle of the path, so what could we do but RUN right past it and hope we don't scare it. Our walk turned into a run because I kept running about a mile to get far away from the snake fast. I guess Cameron didn't like the snake because he was crying the rest of the way. Then we came home grampy called to tell us that grammy had fallen and broken her femur bone. She was able to call him at work and tell him to hurry home, then she called 911. The ambulance got there before my dad got home from work and they had to break down the back door to get inside. So they rushed her to the hospital and didn't do surgery until later that night around 7 pm. After we ate dinner Jeremy went to test drive a car since we need to get rid of my jeep and get something else fast. I decided to stay home with Cameron because he was acting tired and we had been out a lot already. Jeremy was going to go look at the car and bring it home for me to look at. So I was feeding him when he left...half way into feeding him he was making weird noises so I tried to burp him and instead of a burp he barfed!

I decided to take a picture (since the camera was just sitting there on the coffee table) because I'm pretty sure most people don't understand what I mean when I say Cameron throws up! So many people say, "oh yeah, that is normal...my kid threw up when he/she was a baby...most kids spit up..." Hmmm, I'm thinking when both mom and baby have to shower, wash the couch and rug, and do a load of laundry after he throws up it's not too "normal". You can't even see all the throw up in this picture either, my arm is covered with throw up and so are my shorts. I just hope he gets better soon, poor little guy.

Rub a dub dub

This is the bathtub Cameron used to bath in...

Now he is getting so big he graduated to this bathtub. Today was his first time trying the new tub out and he really liked it. Even though the reason why he was getting a bath was because he just puked all over himself (and me).

Rub a dub dub Cameron's in the tub!

Life is good...

I have tried to take Cameron on walks around the neighborhood, in his stroller during the day but he usually cries the whole time so I never go very far! Today I decided to try something different...since he usually falls asleep in the car I thought I would drive to an entrance to the Jordan River Parkway (it isn't very far from our house). It worked! He fell asleep and slept the entire walk. I was able to enjoy all the pretty wild flowers growing, ducks in the river, birds and butterflys all over, horses and cows in the pastures, and the cutest calfs grazing. It was such a nice day, the sun was shining and the temperture was prfect! I will definitely have to try this again.

Cute babies

Check out this cute video...it made me laugh so hard!! I can picture Cameron on skates doing this!

I believe in miracles!

The last 6 weeks my day has consisted of feeding Cameron, holding him, changing his diaper and holding him...oh and did I mention holding him?? Good thing he is so dang cute or I would have a problem with this daily routine :) However, my life is starting to feel like the movie "Groundhogs day"! I would like to be able to fix and eat lunch without holding him, do my hair and makeup without holding him or just be able to lay him down and give my back a rest. Ever since we've had to hold him for a half hour after he eats he has gotten in the habit of falling asleep in our arms...so when you lay him down he wakes right up.

Several people have asked me if we have tried a swing. We decided not to buy a swing because they were so expensive and figured the bouncer/vibrater/music thing would be all he needed. Well, little did we know that the swing really might be the secret. When we were at Dan and Linda's house for the 4th of July crab fest we put Cameron in Maya's swing to test it out. We thought we would see if he liked it before we made the splurge. He actually liked it!! He layed by himself for about 20 minutes and then the next time we put him in it he fell asleep. That sealed the deal...we went the next day to purchase a swing.
Let's just say this fairy tale didn't have a happy ending (right at first) but I think with some time it will. I guess it must have been the "newness" of the swing that night because the first, second, third and fourth time we put him in it he cried. However, today he actually enjoyed it and was in it for 10 minutes before he fell asleep. Baby steps....

Christmas in July

Grammy and Grampy had this wrapped and under the Christmas tree for Cameron...however, he was only 4 months old in my tummy. Jeremy decided to put it together tonight to see if he would like it. Cameron seems to get bored easily so we thought he would enjoy something new. He had fun listening to the music and looking at all the toys. I am sure he will like it when he gets a little bigger and can reach the hanging toys and move a little more.

4th of July

The 4th of July can be described by the 5 F's....Food, Fun, Family, Friends and Fireworks! This is my mom's favorite holiday. We have had a tradition of family get togethers on this holiday for as far back as I can remember. Back in the good ol' days we celebrated with aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. It started off with breakfast at my parents then a full day filled with volleyball and swimming, lunch, more swimming, games and then a BBQ dinner and fireworks. As time has gone on our celebrations have dwindled to just our immediate family. We still do a big breakfast at my parents and hang out to play games and after dinner we do fireworks.

My parents had surprise bags for the grandkids. Cameron got a cute sippy cup that had his name on it. I'm sure he will be using it sooner than I think!

Cameron (5 weeks old) in his cute 4th of July outfit...red, white, and blue.




Genive and Herb waiting for the festivities to start. Not sure what weirdo Janessa is doing in the background...she must really be excited about the 4th of July :)

My mom ordered special 4th of July shirts for her and my dad (I told you this was her favorite holiday...she takes it pretty serious). They were really cute and said Grandma's Stars and Grandpa's Stars and they had 6 stars with each of their grandkids names written on each star.

We had so much fun playing croquet. Grampy made us all laugh by changing the rules as we went along (ie, if your ball "kissed" another ball you got to go again). When we asked him to see the instructions, he suddenly didn't know where they went :) Well, it worked pretty good for grampy because he won.

Jeremy and I ditched the family for a few hours and went to a seafood fest BBQ at my friend's house. They went all out and had a full on seafood dinner with crab, different kinds of shrimp, yummy garlic potatoes, corn on the cob, dips and dessert. I had fun learning how to crack crab and eat it for the first time...it was ok, but I have to say it's a heck of a lot of work for not very much meat! Jeremy has a love hate relationship with shell fish. He loves to eat it, but his body hates him after he does. He is alergic to seafood, espeically shrimp. But that didn't stop him from eating until he was full. He paid the price later that night though. His eyes were itching and burning, his stomache hurt, he took several trips to the bathroom, and his nose was stuffy and itchy all night. Even after all that he thought it was worth it.

Proof that not only did I taste crab, I worked hard for it...it isn't easy to crack those things open. I even ate shrimp without dry heaving. Basically I put myself through an intervention and Desensitization really works. I've worked with many clients on their phobias, likes and dislikes and now I can say I have taken giant steps towards my dislikes.

Linda is a veteran at this....I am a rookie, but learned pretty quickly how to eat crab. I also learned that with enough butter or coctail sauce you don't really taste the crab or shrimp :)

I had to feed Jeremy while he fed Cameron. It was quite interesting. After dinner we met up with my family at Michele's house to watch fireworks. Spencer had fun telling us the names of all the fireworks and lighting them. I watched most of them from inside the house because they were too loud for Cameron's little ears.

Rainbows

There was a big storm the other day (it has rained almost every day in June) and after the rain storm there were the prettiest rainbows I have ever seen. If you look close you can see two rainbows...I've never seen a double rainbow. The one on top was a regular light rainbow and the one under it was the brightest most colorful one I have ever seen! Definitely a kodak moment.

Twins - 07/04/2009

 We have always thought Cameron looks like Spencer and tease them that they are separated twins.  I can't get over how much they look alike in these pictures...and it's even weirder that Cade looks so much like Cameron.  This picture looks like Cameron holding Cade, but really it's Spencer holding Cameron :)

 Grammy, Spencer, Cameron, and Grampy 4th of July 2009 

This picture of my friend's daughter holding Cameron, looks exactly like Cade!  Especially because Cade is wearing all Cameron's clothes.  It's a little freaky :)

Mr. GQ

Cameron had his first photo shoot when he was 7 days old. My sister has two friends that started a photography business called Priceless Impressions and they specialize in newborn pictures. They gave me a sweet deal since they are friends with my sister and just starting their business. The best part about it is they came to my house. They wanted to take his pictues when he was only 7 days old because they say that's the best age...they stay in the fetal position and sleep the whole time!

Yeah right, not Cameron. He didn't want to miss out on anything, he was awake pretty much the whole time. They couldn't believe how strong his neck was for only being 7 days old. They said they have never seen a baby be able to hold his head up and move it around with such good control. They would place his head on his arms and every time they would go to take the picture he would lift his head up.

This picture is my favorite, but mostly because he peed on Jeremy's arm twice during this shot!

Aren't those the cutest toes and tiny feet you've ever seen?!?

Another favorite picture....on top of the quilt my mom made him...on top of my table...so cute!

It looks like he is trying to yodel.

Oh wait...this one is my favorite...I love his grin & his little hand on his knee!

He looks so peaceful, yet so mischievous!